As adverbs the difference between nether and hether
is that
nether is down; downward while
hether is .
As nouns the difference between nether and hether
is that
nether is oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence while
hether is .
As an adjective nether
is lower; under.
As a verb nether
is to bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
nether English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) nether, nethere, nithere, from (etyl) .
Adjective
Lower; under.
- The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.
Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.
- The nether regions.
* 1873 , Mark Twain, The Gilded Age , page187:
- When one thinks of the tremendous forces of the upper and the nether world which play for the mastery of the soul of a woman during the few years in which she passes from plastic girlhood to the ripe maturity of womanhood,
Derived terms
* netherdom
* nether region
* Netherlands
* nethermore
* nethermost
* netherness
* netherty
* netherward
* netherworld
Adverb
( en adverb)
Down; downward.
Low; low down.
Etymology 2
Alteration of earlier nither, from (etyl) nitheren, from (etyl) . See above.
Alternative forms
* (l)
Verb
( en verb)
To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.
Derived terms
* (l)
Noun
( en noun)
Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
(mining) A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.
Anagrams
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hether English
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